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You're the lucky reader of the 26th edition of the Punknews.org Vinyl File. This column aims to keep you informed with upcoming releases as well as spotlighting interesting releases, your favorite bands' own collections and labels with an history of vinyl releases worth talking about. As always, Vinyl File is brought to you by Ben Conoley.

This week Vinyl File takes a tour through Dan Yemin's vinyl history, including detailed discographies of Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Paint it Black and Armalite. We've also got news of upcoming vinyl releases from a whole bunch of bands you'll want to know about.

THE VINYL FILE SPOTLIGHT

With all the buzz surrounding Paint it Black's upcoming album The New Lexicon, Vinyl Collective thought it would be appropriate to take a look back at the band's vinyl discography. While we were at it, we thought, "Hey, why not throw in everything Dan Yemin related?" With no good reason not to do it, here we go. Special thanks to Christopher Michon, Adam Bender and Frank Müllenhoff for their collection photos.

Lifetime's first release was a self-titled 7" on New Age Records back in 1991. It contained four songs including 'Dwell,' 'Find,' Souvenir' and 'Gone.' The album was only pressed on black vinyl. The songs of the 7" were later featured in Jade Tree's Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey release.

Break Even Point Records released the Ghost 12" in 1992. The album features sox songs and had only one pressing on black vinyl limited to 1,000. Available only in Europe, it was followed up by a return to New Age Records with Background in 1993 which featured the same songs as Ghost and was featured in a remixed and remastered form on the second disc of Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey.

Glue Records released the band's second 7", in 1994. It had one pressing on black vinyl, but 50 copies had photocopied sleeves. They were sold on tour and given to those who pre-ordered the record.

A collection of 7"s, appropriately titled, Seven Inches was released as an LP in the Czech Republic by Day AFter Records. It was printed mostly on black vinyl with a very limited number on clear yellow.

In 1995 Lifetime made their debut on Jade Tree Records with Hello Bastards. The 12 song LP has become one of the bands most praised albums. Jade Tree ran a number of pressings including black vinyl /1000, purple vinyl /500, white vinyl /550 and some copies on clear red. It's long since out of print, but black copies can sometimes be found for good prices.

The Boys No Good was released as a 7" on Jade Tree in 1996. The label printed 500 copies of it on clear, 500 on solid red, 500 on pink and an unknown large quantity on black vinyl, which are still fairly easy to come by. The title track would appear on Jersey's Best Dancers while the b-side would serve as the title track for Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey.

Lifetime's second full-length for Jade Tree was 1997's Jersey's Best Dancers. Jade Tree pressed 1400 copies on black vinyl, 500 on clear red and 500 on grey marble vinyl. Like their other Jade Tree releases, it is out of print.

Lifetime didn't release any records until they got back together in 2006 to record their self-titled album. However that release was preceedeed by the Two Songs 7" on Decaydance Records. It featured the songs 'Hair Cuts and Tee-Shirts' and 'All Night Long.' 800 black vinyl copies (still in print) were made as well as 300 clear blue and 30 clear yellow copies. It was shortly followed by Lifetime later that year. The band's latest full-length, Lifetime was also made available on colored vinyl with 250 printed on clear red vinyl and the remaining 850 on black vinyl. It is set to be re-pressed on No Idea Records

Kid Dynamite made their debut with 1998's self-titled LP on Jade Tree. The limited release featured 500 copies on clear red, 500 on solid red and an undisclosed number on black. The following year they released a split 10" with 88 Fingers Louie on both clear red and black vinyl through Sub-City Records. They also released a three-way split with Sunday Evening Dinner Club and Elliott, with an issue of the zine, I Stand Alone. It was released on black vinyl. The band's last release was Shorter, Faster, Louder through Jade Tree in 2000. 500 were pressed on clear green, 500 on solid green and more on black vinyl.

Paint it Black's first album was CVA. Released through Jade Tree in 2003, there was a total of 1,300 albums printed on a mix of transparent and solid blue vinyl. Although out of print, they can usually be found for a reasonable price if you dig around.

Until recently, Paint it Black's only non-LP appearance was on a 10" titled The Philadelphia Sound which also featured The Curse, Knives Out and Go! For the Throat. It was pressed on clear vinyl.

The band had a lot of fun with their second album, 2005's Paradise. In addition to the 1,000 transparent green copies, there were 250 on lime green marbled colored vinyl with hand numbered silk screen jackets. There were also 25 lime green marbled colored vinyl with hand-numbered sleeves and spray-painted jackets and another 203 solid green European tour copies with screened covers.

A few weeks ago Paint it Black gave those who attended their record release show a free copy of Golliath, which featured just the one song with the b-side etched with artwork. All 500 copies were on clear vinyl and were hand-numbered. Rivalry Records also put up a pre-order for The New Lexicon which should see at least two color variations as well as some special edition covers.

Armalite's only release this far is a self-titled album put out by No Idea Records. The first pressing was of 500 on yellow vinyl and came with gatefold jackets. A second pressing, which is still available was of 525 on white vinyl, although with a regular jacket.

THE PUNKNEWS.ORG VINYL FILE

Pre-orders are being taken for Poison the Well's Versions. It will be available on cokebottle blue vinyl (/100), 180 gram black (/200), half & half clear cokebottle blue (/300) and white & cokebottle blue inside out (/400)
Revelation Records has responded to some concerns raised over the recent repressing of Texas Is The Reason 1996 album Do You Know Who You Are?. Some people have voiced concern that the record skips, Revelation offered the following response.

OK - so we listened to both sides and it's fine here. i talked to our resident vinyl expert and he said it's b/c it's a really long record. it's one of those that pretty much is as long as it can be. so the grooves are thinner, making it more likely for the needle to skip if it's a light needle or a cheap turntable. solution; place a dime on the arm of the needle. that often works.
otherwise people can feel free to return them to us, no problem at all.

The latest of the Me First and The Gimme Gimmes Square Dance 7" series has been up for sale over at Fat Wreck Chords. Only 1,114 square shaped copies of Kenny have been printed, so they could be gone by the time you read this. Look to online distro sties in order to snag one of the 3,300 white copies. Good luck!

Interloper Records have done a fourth pressing of Pelican' Australasia. The latest pressing is on grey/brown vinyl with silkscreened covers hand-numbered out of 1,000. You can order it here

A couple of long out of print Elliott Smith records are heading back to the pressing plant. Both XO and Figure 8 have been scheduled for a February release through Plain Recordings. XO will be a single LP while Figure 8 will be a double LP and both albums will be on 180g vinyl.

Trustkill Records has a pre order on for This Is Hell's upcoming sophomore release Misfortunes. It will be available on two different colors and can be purcahsed here.

Although fans will be able to download Pennywise's new album for free thanks to a deal with MySpace Records, those willing to shell out some cash for the as-yet-untitled album on vinyl will be treated with two exclusive tracks.

I know you were fuckin' around. If I knew it was gonna sell out before the release date I woulda made more. I wish everyone that wanted one could get one, just that it sold so fast. I really blew that one.

I think in a way that multiple colors are stupid, and I would rather spend my money on a record I don't have than on another color of one I do. But at the same time, I can appreciate that independent labels are able to make a few more bucks by selling multiple colors to the few people who actually buy them all.

Dude, you sell one record people want and now you're all high and mighty on the horse (I kid because I love you).
I don't mind the collection I mind the intentional flipping of records. It's fine if you own it and are like, "I got to sell this to make money" but buying 10 copies just to sell blows. I recommend just pressing the Falcon LP in groups of 10 and selling them for $200 on the Red Scare site. Then, in five months, "find a box" and sell 1,000 of the same color thus boning the people who dropped a ton of money on them.
-Dante

I would hate to "drop something" but I will have a 7" with Mike's new band in a few months, but they are recording a full length as well. I don't know who is putting that out. It should be great though. It's a shame the Blackout Pact only had one release.

snagged, a bunch of stuff on the deathwish inc sale . . . that was awesome, considering scooping up the Pelican re-press but its like $30 with S+H so im debating . . . If the government cuts us checks to thwart the oncoming depression, I might just invest in some Pelican Vinyl . . .

I've got to say that Paradise is one of my favorite releases on vinyl. I don't usually prefer the sound of vinyl over cd, but for some reason that record just works on the format. Anyone got any info on New Lexicon pressings?

Better than these "I own all this bands records and every vinyl color" would be just a look at the last 30 (whatever #) records someone's bought. Or just profiling people's record collections or maybe their favorites records. Nerds.

Interpunk randomly has copies of Donut's N' Glory's "When Pregnasaurs Ruled The Earth" on baby blue. I thought it was long out of print, but hey what do I know? I picked one up for just under 10 bucks, can't really go wrong for one of my favourite pop punk albums of all time.

"They also released a three-way split with Sunday Evening Dinner Club and Elliott, with an issue of the zine, I Stand Alone." The split had a cover of Macho Insecurities (Dead Kennedeys) and I Don't Wanna Heart It (Minor Threat).

Lifetime - S/T on New Age on Black
Lifetime - Seven Inches on Day After on Black
Lifetime - Ghost on Break Even Point on Black
Lifetime - Tinnutus on Glue on Black
Lifetime - Background on New Age on Black (unopened)
Lifetime - Hello Bastards on Jade Tree on White, on Purple, on White
Lifetime - Jerseys Best Dancers on Jade Tree Maroon, on Black, on Grey Marble
Lifetime - Boys No Good on Jade Tree on Pink, on Red, on Black
Lifetime - S/T on deycadence on Red (2 copies) and Black (2 copies)
Lifetime - 2 Songs on deycadence on Black (2 copies)

Kid Dynamite - S/T on Jade Tree on Black and on Red
Kid Dynamite - Shorter, Faster... on Jade Tree on Solid Green and on Black
Kid Dynmaite/88 Fingers Louie on Sub City on Black